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Cleaning the Bicycle Seat Post
Maintaining your seat post does not require you to
clean each time you ride or even once a week. However,
if you are riding several times a week, it is a good idea to
remove it and clean it
once a month. I have seen seat posts frozen in the seat tube because of rust
and corrosion. You may not realize it, but it is a definite sweat
magnet. And sweat = rust on certain parts of the bike depending on the
material used. Obviously, during
the summer month's this will warrant keeping an eye on things. However,
if you are spending time on the stationary trainer during the winter
months, the sweat factor is very real. |
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1)
To check for any rust build-up, remove your seat post. Before
you do so, mark your spot with tape. I have chosen a blue masking
tape for visibility reasons. This tape will not hold. I normally
use black electrical tape.
2) After loosening the seat post binder bolt, pull out
the post. Wipe it down with your rag. You will probably notice
the copper color of rust on the rag. After wiping it down, cover
the post with grease below your mark.
3) Then slip the post back down the seat tube and tighten
the binder bolt. There will be some grease that will gather at
the top edge of the seat tube. Just wipe it off. |
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